Company · Broadstone
The Friends of Dolphin
Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Philip John Edgar CoxDirector · since 2025
- Howard Gordon RichingsDirector · since 2025
- William Emile LausteDirector · since 2024
- Duncan OvensDirector · since 2024
- Carol Helen CoxDirector · since 2021
- Martin StanleyDirector · since 2019
- Anthony ElgarDirector · since 2017
- Elizabeth CrewDirector · since 2013
- Robert Henry IrwinDirector
- Norman Frank HollambySecretary · since 2020
Previous officers 35
- Gordon James Patterson 2023-2025 View profile
- Hugh Francis Fogarty 2022-2023 View profile
- Dan Nicholson 2018-2023 View profile
- Gary Wordsworth 2018-2018 View profile
- Keith Rowland 2014-2021 View profile
- Ray Kipling 2013-2021 View profile
- Judith Saint 2011-2015 View profile
- Brenda Maureen Stone 2011-2017 View profile
- Murphy, Brian Peter, Captain 2010-2021 View profile
- Christopher John Price 2009-2022 View profile
- Andrew Michael Preston 2009-2025 View profile
- Evie Mae Davies 2009-2018 View profile
- Stephen Ronald George 2001-2022 View profile
- Wollan, Kenneth, Cdr 2001-2009 View profile
- Marcus Patrick Stone 1999-2002 View profile
- Peter Scott Booth 1999-2008 View profile
- Peter George Bond 1997-2001 View profile
- Hamish Kemp Green 1997-2015 View profile
- Neal Spencer Chave Williams 1995-2002 View profile
- Jutta Martha Emma France 1995-2012 View profile
- Kenneth Charles Doyle 1992-2002 View profile
- Michael Charles James 1995 View profile
- John Roberts 1992 View profile
- Norman James Hand 1993 View profile
- Ronald Edgar Charles Brixey 1997 View profile
- Thomas Richard Unwin 1994 View profile
- Margaret Doyle 1998 View profile
- Robert Wiliam Simmons 2018 View profile
- Zoe Catherine Darts 1997 View profile
- Margaret Winifred Cox 2005 View profile
- Miles, Brian, Lieutenant Commander 2017 View profile
- Alfred Kenneth Smith 2001 View profile
- Andrew Michael Preston 2011-2023 View profile
- William George Frank Didham 2006-2015 View profile
- Alfred Harry Coy 1992-2006 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 30/03/1982
- Registered office
- Broadstone
- Also a registered charity
- The Friends of Dolphin
Ownership
Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Elizabeth Crew ceased 2016-04-07
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Group
- The Friends of Dolphin
is controlled by Elizabeth Crew
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2016-04-07 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Elizabeth Crew.
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Net assets
- £307,027
- Total assets
- £307,027
- Cash
- £193,799
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-09-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
9 directors on the board
- Martin Stanley Director · appointed 2019
- Howard Gordon Richings Director · appointed 2025
- William Emile Lauste Director · appointed 2024
- Robert Henry Irwin Director
- Duncan Ovens Director · appointed 2024
- Philip John Edgar Cox Director · appointed 2025
- Carol Helen Cox Director · appointed 2021
- Anthony Elgar Director · appointed 2017
- Elizabeth Crew Director · appointed 2013
Directors past 6 years
- Martin Stanley Director · appointed 2019
- Anthony Elgar Director · appointed 2017
- Elizabeth Crew Director · appointed 2013
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (9)
- Martin Stanley Director · appointed 2019
- Howard Gordon Richings Director · appointed 2025
- William Emile Lauste Director · appointed 2024
- Robert Henry Irwin Director
- Duncan Ovens Director · appointed 2024
- Philip John Edgar Cox Director · appointed 2025
- Carol Helen Cox Director · appointed 2021
- Anthony Elgar Director · appointed 2017
- Elizabeth Crew Director · appointed 2013
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Andrew Michael Preston Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2025
Gaps to watch
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01625795
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/06/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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